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diff --git a/libs/python/doc/v2/to_python_indirect.html b/libs/python/doc/v2/to_python_indirect.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..17e0a826c --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/python/doc/v2/to_python_indirect.html @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> + <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css"> + + <title>Boost.Python - <boost/python/to_python_indirect.hpp></title> + + <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary= + "header"> + <tr> + <td valign="top" width="300"> + <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt= + "C++ Boost" src="../../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3> + + <td valign="top"> + <h1 align="center"><a href="../index.html">Boost.Python</a></h1> + + <h2 align="center">Header <boost/python/to_python_indirect.hpp></h2> + </table> + <hr> + + <h2>Contents</h2> + + <dl class="page-index"> + <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a> + + + <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a> + + <dd> + <dl class="page-index"> + <dt><a href="#to_python_indirect-spec">Class Template <code>to_python_indirect</code></a> + + <dd> + <dl class="page-index"> + + <dt><a href="#to_python_indirect-spec-synopsis">Class Template + <code>to_python_indirect</code> synopsis</a> + + <dt><a href="#to_python_indirect-spec-observers">Class Template + <code>to_python_indirect</code> observer functions</a> + + <dt><a href="#to_python_indirect-spec-statics">Class Template + <code>to_python_indirect</code> static functions</a> + </dl> + </dl> + + <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a> + </dl> + <hr> + + <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2> + + <code><boost/python/to_python_indirect.hpp></code> supplies + a way to construct new Python objects that hold wrapped C++ class + instances via a pointer or smart pointer. + + <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2> + + <h3><a name="to_python_indirect-spec"></a>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code></h3> + <p>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code> converts objects +of its first argument type to python as extension class instances, using the ownership policy provided by its 2nd argument. + + <p> + + + <table border="1" summary="to_python_indirect template parameters"> + <caption> + <b><code>to_python_indirect</code> Requirements</b><br> + + In the table below, <b><code>x</code></b> denotes an object of + type <code>T</code>, <b><code>h</code></b> denotes an + object of type + <code>boost::python::objects::instance_holder*</code>, and + <b><code>p</code></b> denotes an object of type + <code>U*</code>. + + </caption> + <tr> + <th>Parameter + + <th>Requirements + + <th>Description + + <tr> + <td><code>T</code> + + <td>Either <code>U</code> <i>cv</i><code>&</code> + (where <i>cv</i> is any optional cv-qualification) or a <a + href="Dereferenceable.html">Dereferenceable</a> type such that + <code>*x</code> is convertible to <code>U const&</code>, where + <code>U</code> is a class type. + + <td>A type deferencing a C++ class exposed to Python using + class template <code><a + href="class.html#class_-spec">class_</a></code>. + + <tr> + <td><code>MakeHolder</code> + + <td>h = MakeHolder::execute(p); + + <td>A class whose static <code>execute()</code> creates an + <code>instance_holder</code>. + + </table> + + Instantiations of <code>to_python_indirect</code> are models of <a + href="ResultConverter.html#ResultConverter-concept">ResultConverter</a>. + + + <h4><a name="to_python_indirect-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code> synopsis</h4> +<pre> +namespace boost { namespace python +{ + template <class T, class MakeHolder> + struct to_python_indirect + { + static bool convertible(); + PyObject* operator()(T ptr_or_reference) const; + private: + static PyTypeObject* type(); + }; +}} +</pre> + + <h4><a name="to_python_indirect-spec-observers"></a>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code> observers</h4> +<pre> +PyObject* operator()(T x) const; +</pre> + + <dl class="function-semantics"> + + <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>x</code> refers to an object (if it + is a pointer type, it is non-null). <code>convertible() == + true</code>. + + <dt><b>Effects:</b> Creates an appropriately-typed Boost.Python + extension class instance, uses <code>MakeHolder</code> to create + an <code>instance_holder</code> from <code>x</code>, installs + the <code>instance_holder</code> in the new extension class + instance, and returns a pointer to it. + + </dl> + + + <h4><a name="to_python_indirect-spec-statics"></a>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code> statics</h4> +<pre> +bool convertible(); +</pre> + + <dt><b>Effects:</b> Returns <code>true</code> iff any module has + registered a Python type corresponding to <code>U</code>. + + <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2> + +This example replicates the functionality of <a +href="reference_existing_object.html#reference_existing_object-spec">reference_existing_object</a>, +but without some of the compile-time error checking. + + +<pre> + +struct make_reference_holder +{ + typedef boost::python::objects::instance_holder* result_type; + template <class T> + static result_type execute(T* p) + { + return new boost::python::objects::pointer_holder<T*, T>(p); + } +}; + +struct reference_existing_object +{ + // metafunction returning the <a href="ResultConverter.html#ResultConverter-concept">ResultConverter</a> + template <class T> + struct apply + { + typedef boost::python::to_python_indirect<T,make_reference_holder> type; + }; +}; +</pre> + + <p>Revised + <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan --> + 13 November, 2002 + <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" --> + + + <p><i>© Copyright <a href="http://www.boost.org/people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave + Abrahams</a> 2002. </i> Distributed + under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file + LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)</p> + |